[COMPETITION] WIN 1x Double tickets to OPPIKOPPI NOMAKANJANI

THE COUNTDOWN TO OPPIKOPPI NOMAKANJANI BEGINS!

 

With just 30 days until South Africa’s longest running festival, we at The Metalist za are celebrating ‘Local is Lekker’ by giving away one set of double tickets to this year’s Oppikoppi Festival.

 

WIN WIN WIN!

 

How to enter:

 

Step 1:

Like The Metalist za on Facebook (We can’t see your post if you don’t like us!)

 

Step 2:

–  Comment on this post with your favourite Oppikoppi memory and use the hashtag #InDustWeTrusted

–  For Opikoppi virgins, tell us why you deserve the tickets and use the hashtag #TakeMeTo24

Winners will be announce on Nelson Mandela Day (18 July), Good Luck!

“Old man look at my life, 24 and there’s so much more.” Neil Young sang these words 46 years ago, and we’ve been waiting a long time to use the quote. This year OppiKoppi is 24 years in the making, and we’re still moving forward, Nomakanjani.

To paraphrase the great Felix LaBand “I’m not afraid of moving slowly, but I’m afraid of standing still.” We are still standing, and let’s be honest: the move to October was a dim one. There is only one August, one OppiKoppi and One Nation Under a Groove. No matter what.

Go take a look at this year’s artwork, faithfully created by Resoborg, and you see a heartfelt masterpiece depicting fairy tales and love affairs with the bushveld and relentless music. You can see star-crossed lovers, fables and legends that roam the inner circle of the koppi core. They are still there for you, the wayward one, they wait anxiously for your sweet return. And so, in life, there comes a time when you have to stop your wayward wandering; then reflect and take stock of your intentions, your pipe dreams and aspirations and drift into new territories and experiences. In the words of Bra Hugh Masekela: “Love, Learn and Teach.”

At OppiKoppi we have always believed in the music of Mzansi, and this year we continue to promote and revel in our best local artists. The hit squad that sits in the heart of the machine is bringing it all back home: more focus on fresh local produce and shying away from hyped imports and expensive artists from abroad is the plan for now, at least. What does this mean? This means that the James Phillips Main Stage will be groomed prim and proper to once again claim its rightful place as the thatch of thatches and the leading light at a festival that has been, um, going through stages. Expect a tighter and more condensed festival, packed to the brim with bands and artists that reek of faculty and hutzpah.

Check these carefully chosen connoisseurs of prime tunes:

Bam Bam Brown
Bed On Bricks
The BLACK CAT BONES
bongeziwe mabandla
BRYNN
Cockles.
CrashCarBurn
Die Horries
Die See
Fokofpolisiekar
Hellcats
HELLO BEAUTIFUL
Last Chance Seattle
LUMA
Ohgod
Retro Dizzy
Satanic Dagga Orgy
Sea of Green
Sho Madjozi
Southern Wild
Spoegwolf
Stoker
Strait-Jackal
The Sun Xa Experiment.
The George
VAN PLETZEN
Vulvodynia
WONDERboom
ShutUp! It’s Sunday
Slippery When Wet
Above Atlas
BLK JKS
Prashant Maharaj
Wisdom of Movement
Ruby Gill
FRAME JANKO
Chllfctry
Bad Peter
Stone Jets
Urban Village Music
#SOZLOL
Eye-On Feather
Sió
BATUK MUSIC
DJ Sandiso SA
JustThemba
Deniece Marz
Stiff Pap
Muzi
ANG feat. Miki San Tzu
C O R N E L I U S
Symatics
KWESTA
Rikay
Melo B Jones
Red Robyn
DJ BHIBO
Twins On Decks SA
Una Rams
DJ Capital
DBN GOGO
Lash T
Venom
25K
Grace Fanele

It is with great anticipation that we look forward to roaming the Bushveld plateau with you and yours. We welcome you and we congratulate you on your fine choice. Your legacy continues. Come let us take this thing to new heights, we are not afraid.